Viral images and the power of an icon: 2009-2013 (pictures)
As Iran votes for a new president, it's also the anniversary of the last moments of an Iranian music student killed during a protest there. Video of her death went viral. And as the Internet has grown since, our global village has gotten that much smaller.
Remembering Neda
The instantaneous transmission of the video around the world underscored how much smaller our global village had become. And in the subsequent four years, as the Internet has spread even further, there's been no shortage of extraordinary moments that became viral fodder for millions around the world. Here's a look at some of them.
Correction: A previous Getty photo misidentified the victim's identity. You can read more about the media mix-up which followed the shooting here.
The death of bin Laden
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An homage to Jobs
Jonathan Mak poses with his laptop, showing his self-designed somber logo marking the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The logo, a black background with Jobs' silhouette incorporated into the bite out of a white Apple logo, went viral and was reposted rapidly on social-media sites. The 19-year-old Hong Kong design student said he was overwhelmed and "flattered" after his tribute to Jobs caused a worldwide Internet sensation.